Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Cancer Empowerment Questionnaire / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To study the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Cancer Empowerment Questionnaire.Methods:In June 2020, the English version of the Cancer Empowerment Questionnaire was translated into Chinese and cross-culturally adapted according to the standard of World Health Organization-Quality of Life. The reliability and validity were tested in 150 hospitalized cancer patients in the Department of Oncology, Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University. The Chinese version was tested in 150 patients for reliability and validity.Results:The Cronbach α coefficient of the total scale and 4 factors were 0.96, and 0.864-0.928. The Guttman Split-Half reliability was 0.884. The test-retest reliability was 0.83. The Chinese version had 40 items. Factor analysis extracted 4 factors, which could explain 56.450% of the total variance. The correlation coefficient between the factors were 0.665-0.837. The HTMT ranged from 0.691 to 0.895.Conclusion:The Chinese version of the Cancer Empowerment Questionnaire has better reliability and validity in the Chinese language environment, which meets the requirements of psychological survey.